Paris: A French street artist, who was sentenced to a three -year prison in Azerbaijan to portray a graffiti in the metro, has been forgiven and liberated by the French authorities on Tuesday. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the MPs that after Azerbaijan President Ilhm Alive, Theo Clarke returned to France after 422 days. “This is the honor and pride of the French diplomacy and its representatives, which has tirelessly attempted for its release,” said Barrot. The French authorities complained in September that Clarke was presented for “discriminatory treatment”, as two codfindants who were accused of the same offense, but who were not French, were only fined. France has previously advised its citizens against Azerbaijan’s visit because due to lack of legal safety and the risk of “arbitrary detention and improper punishment”.
